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Railyard Modeling: Part II. The Effect of Yard Facilities on Congestion

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  • E. R. Petersen

    (Queen's University, Kingston, Canada)

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After previously demonstrating that queueing models could be used to describe the classification, connection and train assembly operations in railyards, here is described how the service rates for these operations can be related to the physical characteristics of the yard and the traffic handled. Based on the number of classification tracks, the configuration of switching leads, the available yard engines, the marshaling rules and the traffic intensities, the switching workload is estimated. From unit operating times for these switching operations, the rates at which trains can be classified and assembled are calculated. These rates are then modified by standing capacity limitations of the yard. An example of the use of the model is presented.

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  • E. R. Petersen, 1977. "Railyard Modeling: Part II. The Effect of Yard Facilities on Congestion," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 11(1), pages 50-59, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:11:y:1977:i:1:p:50-59
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.11.1.50
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    1. Jean-François Cordeau & Paolo Toth & Daniele Vigo, 1998. "A Survey of Optimization Models for Train Routing and Scheduling," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 32(4), pages 380-404, November.
    2. Boysen, Nils & Fliedner, Malte & Jaehn, Florian & Pesch, Erwin, 2012. "Shunting yard operations: Theoretical aspects and applications," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 220(1), pages 1-14.
    3. Khaled, Abdullah A. & Jin, Mingzhou & Clarke, David B. & Hoque, Mohammad A., 2015. "Train design and routing optimization for evaluating criticality of freight railroad infrastructures," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 71-84.
    4. Hall, Randolph, 1982. "Railroad Train blocking for fuel efficiency," Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1980s 311541, Transportation Research Forum.
    5. Lin, Bo-Liang & Wang, Zhi-Mei & Ji, Li-Jun & Tian, Ya-Ming & Zhou, Guo-Qing, 2012. "Optimizing the freight train connection service network of a large-scale rail system," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 46(5), pages 649-667.
    6. Shi, Tie & Zhou, Xuesong, 2015. "A mixed integer programming model for optimizing multi-level operations process in railroad yards," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 19-39.

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